Nicola Zanini
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-03-26) 26 March 1974
Place of birth Vicenza, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–92 Juventus 1 (0)
1992–93 Sampdoria 1 (0)
1993–94 Mantova 20 (1)
1994–95 Pistoiese 32 (11)
1995–96 Verona 35 (7)
1996 Sampdoria 3 (0)
1996–97 Verona (on loan) 26 (2)
1997 Sampdoria 3 (0)
1997–99 Atalanta 42 (1)
1999–01 Pescara 35 (8)
2001 Monza 17 (4)
2001–02 Como 19 (4)
2002–03 Triestina (on loan) 32 (7)
2003–04 Napoli 36 (5)
2004–05 Genoa 34 (5)
2006 Ascoli 7 (0)
2006–2008 Vicenza 38 (0)
2008–2009 Albignasego 28 (7)
2009–2010 Treviso
Managerial career
2010 Treviso
2014–2015 Real Vicenza (youth)
2015–2017 Vicenza (youth)
2017–2018 Vicenza
2018 Vicenza
2018–2020 Este
2020–2022 Luparense
2022 Sona
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicola Zanini (born 26 March 1974) is an Italian coach and former football player.

Playing career

A youth product of Juventus, Zanini played over 10 seasons as a midfielder in the Italian Serie B and 50 games in Serie A. He retired in 2010 after a short stint with Treviso.

Coaching career

Zanini moved into coaching in January 2010 after being promoted to head coach for his playing team Treviso. He then went on a career as a youth coach, first with Real Vicenza, and later with his former team Vicenza. He then served as head coach of Vicenza on two different stints during the 2017–18 Serie C campaign, guiding them to safety after winning a relegation playoff to Santarcangelo.

On 2018, after his experience with Vicenza, he took over the reins of Serie D club Este.[1] He left Este in 2020 for Luparense, another Serie D club from the region.[2] He left Luparense in 2022 for fellow Serie D club Sona, but was sacked on 10 October 2022 due to negative results.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Este, il nuovo allenatore arriva dal Vicenza: ecco Zanini‚ padovasport.tv, 28 May 2018
  2. ↑ "NICOLA ZANINI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA LUPARENSE". Luparense Calcio. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ufficiale la nascita del Chievo-Sona: Zanini sarà l'allenatore". Verona Sera. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "C.Sona, ufficiale l'esonero dell'allenatore Nicola Zanini". SerieD24.it. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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